Our neighbors shake their heads And take their valuables inside While my countrymen piss in the fountains To express their national pride.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

Freedom is merely privilege extended, unless enjoyed by one and all.

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.

You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience.

War what is it good for? It's good for business.

A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

If there is a single trait in our character that has historically set us apart from other nations, it is our determination to limit the authority of those who rule over us.

What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.

Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.

Some people live for the sake of their partners and derive their strength and energy from them

Yes, I've been trepanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.

Thinking like we (always) have is what got us where we are. It is not going to get us where we are going.

Jealousy, the old worm that bites.

It would be kind of a tragedy if we got to the end of four years of Democratic rule without having really tried any Democratic policies.

It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.

If you do not answer the noise and urgency of your gifts, they will turn on you. Or drag you down with their immense sadness at being abandoned.

If you develop just one muscle, one skill, make it the ability to focus and just get on with it. It will not only make you desirably employable, but it will make you happy.

An initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.

Eventually feels a lot different than actually.